personnel
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The Justice Department acknowledged in budget proposal documents that its National Security Division is facing “unprecedented personnel constraints,” struggling to keep up with increasing caseloads and a 40% drop in the number of prosecutors.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
An FBI spokesperson said the bureau does not comment on personnel numbers but that agents are “working around the clock” and had disrupted four alleged U.S.-based terrorist plots in December alone.
From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026
The relatively innocuous nature of the incident shouldn’t greatly impact Branch’s draft status, according to team personnel executives interviewed by NFL Network.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
"We have hurting families, we have hurting police officers, coroners' personnel," Shreveport Mayor Tom Arceneaux said.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
There were believed to be hundreds or possibly even thousands of workers and an unknown number of fire, police, and rescue personnel still trapped in the two buildings when they went down.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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